Bishop Gerald Kicanas spoke with the new pope just after he was selected, sending him congratulations and prayers.

Milann Siegfried gets emotional as she says she is a friend of Pope Leo's. The Tulsan has known him for more than two decades, since they crossed paths overseeing the Augustinian school in Tulsa.

Robert Prevost is the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. And Prevost’s brother, John, ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, about the significance of the Cardinals electing the first pope from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday noon blessing since being elected as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic ...

Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected, the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from ...

"It's been an unbelievable week, obviously, for all of us," said Mark Duffey, who was ordained as a deacon at St. Thomas of ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

A cute brick house in a south Chicago suburb has been blessed with a substantial bump in value, thanks to Pope Leo.